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[quote=Anonymous]Using http://awfullibrarybooks.net/size-matters-estimating-shelf-capacity/ you can get about 12 books per linear foot of shelf space. You'd need 2500 linear feet of shelves for 30k books.

If you did 6-shelf bookcases, and each one was 4 feet wide, (basically the Ikea Hemnes) you'd need 104 bookcases.

If you have a 12x12 room with 3 walls' worth of shelves (figuring that the 4th wall's worth is for doorways and windows) you could only get 9 such shelves in there. So you'd need more than ten such rooms, with bookshelves on every wall!

Now of course there are other ways to store that many books, like floor-to-ceiling shelves and shelves on rollers and off-site storage but you get my point--if there are truly 30k books that is massive (literally--the weight of 30k books! you might need to reinforce your floors!). You and your husband would really need to want to take that on. Otherwise, I think it's ok for your husband to explain that he does not have the capacity for that many books and that he's happy to help them think about who else might want some (are they on special topics that a library or university might want?). He could say he is excited to take 1000 very important books. You could probably get those onto a shelf or two.

Since you asked for personal experiences, my sister and I dealt with this with my grandmother's china. We divided it--she got the serving pieces and I took the plates, bowls, and cups. My mom has the silver. But now my mom is trying to get rid of the silver AND her own china and silver.  Not sure what we'll do about that. I'm hoping my sister lives out her dream of getting a giant house so she can have it![/quote]

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